diff --git a/FlatCAMApp.py b/FlatCAMApp.py
index d1b284d9..b8ef8da7 100644
--- a/FlatCAMApp.py
+++ b/FlatCAMApp.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import shutil
 from stat import S_IREAD, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH
 import subprocess
 import ctypes
-import winreg
 
 import tkinter as tk
 from PyQt5 import QtPrintSupport
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ import gettext
 import FlatCAMTranslation as fcTranslate
 import builtins
 
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    import winreg
+
 fcTranslate.apply_language('strings')
 if '_' not in builtins.__dict__:
     _ = gettext.gettext